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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Nov 18, 2020

Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland

We arrived in Lucerne by train from Zurich, a journey of just under an hour. Our short walk to the 5-star Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern took us across a bridge lined with flowers to a lakefront promenade shaded by chestnut trees. We entered Hotel Schweizerhof and found ourselves immersed in the area’s history.

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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Nov 17, 2020

Engelberg and Mt. Titlis: feeling on top of the world

This region is best known for the 10,000′ high Mount Titlis, a ski resort with the only publicly accessed glacier and highest vantage point in Central Switzerland. But there’s more.

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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Feb 29, 2020

Gamla Stan: Stockholm’s Old Town

Visitors and locals alike enjoy strolling along the cobblestone lanes of the pedestrian-friendly Old Town, Gamla Stan. This well-preserved medieval city center is a living museum where you can shop, stop for lunch or a fika, dine in a Michelin star restaurant, bask in royal splendor at the Royal Palace or simply enjoy the sights.

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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Feb 16, 2020

Djurgården: Stockholm’s playground

Djurgården is a place filled with green spaces that is an escape from the city. It is a place to dine, to visit some of the city’s top museums, or to find thrills at an amusement park.

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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Feb 16, 2020

Stockholm, Sweden

This city of fourteen islands connected by 57 bridges is found on the east coast of Sweden where the fresh water of Lake Mälaren flows into the salt water of the Baltic Sea.

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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Jan 27, 2020

Viking Ocean Cruises: Viking Homelands Cruise from Bergen to Stockholm

Viking Ocean Cruises offers a Viking Homelands cruise between Bergen, Norway’s charming former Hanseatic town and gateway to the fjords, and Stockholm, Sweden’s grand capital city of 14-islands linked by 57 bridges.

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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Nov 25, 2019

Viking Ocean Cruises’ Viking Jupiter

We booked our Viking Ocean Cruise for all that it is. We loved it for what it is not. Here’s why.

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Posted by Linda Fasteson on Aug 4, 2019

An art lover’s perfect day in Amsterdam

There are over 70 museums in Amsterdam, and our tour began at Museumplein, or Museum Square, which includes the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.

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St. Andrews By-the-Sea, New Brunswick

Would you like to walk on the ocean floor? You can do this as you witness one of the Marine Wonders of the World — powerful tides that rise and fall up to 26‘ twice a day — in a picture-perfect setting with the melodious name St. Andrews by-the-Sea.

Oxford, England: from grotesques to the sublime

Posted by Linda Fasteson

We traced the footsteps of Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, Presidents, Kings, and a Pope along the medieval lanes of this fascinating city.

The Adirondacks: Lake Placid, New York

Posted by Linda Fasteson

New York’s Adirondack is the largest park in the continental United States– larger than the entire state of Massachusetts or Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined. Its six million acres are constitutionally protected as “forever wild”.

New Orleans, Louisiana: Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Posted by Linda Fasteson

We were eager to explore the eclectic city known by so many names–Crescent City, the Big Easy, Birthplace of Jazz–a city attracting 7+ million visitors annually for its bon vivant atmosphere.

Vermont

Posted by Linda Fasteson

Dairy farms, cozy cabins, majestic mountains, covered bridges, and pure maple candy that melts in your mouth are but a few images of the Green Mountain State. It’s a place to kick back and relax, browse quaint antique shops and country stores, and savor a healthy way of life and Old New England charm.

Reflections on Moosehead Lake

Posted by Linda Fasteson

The stillness of the morning was broken as the aura of a sunrise colored the sky. There was the sound ducks beckoning one another to begin a new day. Even the most nocturnal of travel writers had become an early riser, wanting to share in the magic of dawn, where the only sights and sounds were those of nature.